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Setlist: Taylor Swift’s secret folklore and shaken off lawsuits
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 27 July 2020
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Taylor Swift’s surprise new album and latest legal win, plus Spotify’s new deal with Universal and TikTok’s litigation-avoiding agreement with the US National Music Publishers Association.
SECTION TIMES
01: Taylor Swift new album (00:03:44)
02: Taylor Swift lawsuit (00:10:34)
03: Spotify’s Universal deal (00:17:33)
04: TikTok’s NMPA deal (00:22:31)
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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Taylor’s swift new album
• Californian court dismisses one of the Shake It Off plagiarism lawsuits, again
• Universal signs new licensing deal with Spotify
• US publishers agree licensing deal framework with TikTok
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• Believe and TuneCore sign licensing deal with TikTok
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